Ok, I am in the market for a new wireless router. I've been running my WRT54GL for years now with Tomato firmware. I'm a huge fan of this firmware and 90% of the systems in my house are linux based... I like to tinker.
I was ready to purchase the Asus RT-AC68U today but then read the review here seeing it falls short in performance compared to the Netgear R7000. Now I'm unsure...
What interested me about the Asus was the Merlin firmware and I've been somewhat gun shy of Netgear products after having several switches die on me. Now I'm not so sure....
I have ~20 different components that connect either wired or wifi in my house... from servers to laptops to my MythTV system. With my WRT54GL I've been running OpenVPN for when I'm on the road and I also use a ssh tunnel for my web traffic when I'm not at home and I don't want to have everything go through the OpenVPN.
I'm interested in being able to do the same thing but with much higher performance. My OpenVPN and ssh rates are pretty poor based on the encryption used and the low end processor of the 54GL. The 1Ghz dual core in the R7000 has me leaning towards that.
I guess all that being said, is the R7000 right for me? Does the stock firmware allow ssh sessions? Can I tunnel my traffic through ssh? If not, is DD-WRT gonig to meet my needs? I used DD-WRT years ago on my 54GL but moved to Tomato based on it being a much better experience....
I have the money for either the AC68U or the N7000 and to be honest I'm really more interested in the higher end CPU than the AC... but the AC is a good addition as I upgrade components in my house.
Thoughts?
I was ready to purchase the Asus RT-AC68U today but then read the review here seeing it falls short in performance compared to the Netgear R7000. Now I'm unsure...
What interested me about the Asus was the Merlin firmware and I've been somewhat gun shy of Netgear products after having several switches die on me. Now I'm not so sure....
I have ~20 different components that connect either wired or wifi in my house... from servers to laptops to my MythTV system. With my WRT54GL I've been running OpenVPN for when I'm on the road and I also use a ssh tunnel for my web traffic when I'm not at home and I don't want to have everything go through the OpenVPN.
I'm interested in being able to do the same thing but with much higher performance. My OpenVPN and ssh rates are pretty poor based on the encryption used and the low end processor of the 54GL. The 1Ghz dual core in the R7000 has me leaning towards that.
I guess all that being said, is the R7000 right for me? Does the stock firmware allow ssh sessions? Can I tunnel my traffic through ssh? If not, is DD-WRT gonig to meet my needs? I used DD-WRT years ago on my 54GL but moved to Tomato based on it being a much better experience....
I have the money for either the AC68U or the N7000 and to be honest I'm really more interested in the higher end CPU than the AC... but the AC is a good addition as I upgrade components in my house.
Thoughts?